Alabama Wine Tour

Alabama Wine Trail.....Alabama has 10 fantastic wineries.  Although muscadine is a common wine throughout the trail there are many other wonderful wines.  If you are interested in obtaining a Wineries passport and visiting each of the wineries you may download a map and guide by going to www.northalabama.org and click on the Wine Trail button or call 800-648-5381.

Lake Guntersville

The Bassmaster Elite Series visited Lake Guntersville in May.  One hundred of the country's best anglers competed for $100,000 first prize.  Aaron Martens was the winner with a four day total of 107.8 pounds.  For anyone who follows fishing, you know that a average stringer of 27 pounds per day is a dream day.

I was fortunate enough to be there to witness this tournament and it was so cool to see angler's with 25 pounds in their boats by 9a.m.

If you would like information on fishing the grass on Lake Guntersville visit www.fishnorthalabama.org or call 800-648-5381 and ask for a FREE Fishing Guide.

Travel Deals for North Alabama

Hey Everyone!  We at the Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association no that economic times are hard right now and everyone is seeking ways to save money.  That's why we are working with local attractions and festivals to bring you discount coupons for local attractions.

You can download coupons by going to www.NorthAlabama.org and go to the Packages and Deals page and download as many coupons as you need.  If you are interested in receiving a complete Visitor's Planner email us at info@northalabama.org

For A Good Time Call 1-866-NORTH AL

Hello everyone!  I just wanted to take the time to update everyone on some super travel deals for North Alabama that you can take advantage of for the 2009 Summer season.  

First of all, you can download great discount coupons for area attractions.  Just go to www.northalabama.org and go to the travel and deals sections.  There you can download coupons and a Stay 3 Win Big Flier. Stay 3 Win Big is a promotion that allows visitors to win a $50 gas card for staying three times in a Alabama Mountain Lakes member hotel.  The rules and regulations can be found by downloading the flier on the www.northalabama.org web site.

If you have any questions feel free to call our office at 800-648-5381!

Kay Smallwood fishing fan club

If you are a facebook(er), please log on and join the Kay Smallwood Fishing Fan Club.  I will fishing the FLW event next week on Lake Guntersville.  I will posting blogs daily on my progress.

FLW Tour event on Lake Guntersville Feb. 12-15, 2009

Hello everyone!  As some of you know I am going to be fishing as a co-anlger in the FLW Tour event beginning on Feb. 12, 2009.  We will start weighing in around 3:00p.m. CST on Thursday and Friday and if I make the cut for Saturday we will weigh in at 4:00CST at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville.  I am fishing for www.FISHNORTHALABAMA.ORG.  You can track my progress on www.flwoutdoors.com.  My name is Kay Smallwood.  I am really excited to be fishing and representing Alabama Mountain Lakes in the tournament.  I will posting on my myspace blog and on here each night.

If you happen to make it to the weigh-ins one day, please stop me and say hi, I love to meet people at the tourneys.

Dinner with friends

Last night Rob and I had friends over for dinner and of course we had a ball. The men ate and watched football and the the women sat at the table and laughed and laughed.  There was lots of good food and great fellowship.  Speaking of good food, here is the recipe for the corn salad I fixed last night.

1 can of yellow whole kernel corn (drained)

1 can of shoepeg corn (dranined)

2 cucumbers chopped

Cherry tomatoes chopped (as much as you desire)

8 oz. mayonaise

Mix together and refrigerate, serve with Scoops.

BAMA football

Hmmmmmm....that's about all I can say about the ugly display against the Utah Utes.  I am just glad that I stayed home and saved the $1,500 on tickets.  As they showed the Alabama fans on tv all I could think about was how bad it would stink to be there and having to witness something we hadn't seen all year long.  BAMA just took a good ole Butt kicking.  Anyway, the good news is that our kids made it home last night around nine from their Gatlinburg trip.  They had a great time but they were ready to see us (isn't that cool) they were actually ready to see us. Rob and I are blessed to have 5 children between us and they are all good kids but they are all different .  We are trying to get Rob moved into his condo here in Decatur this week, we'll see.

2009 Resolutions

1.  To be a better mother, girlfriend, daughter, sister, friend and employee.

2.  To incorporate a healthy lifestyle including eating better and get back in the gym and hopefully loose a little weight.

3.  To spend more time with family and friends..

Looking forward to 2009!

I just celebrated one of the best holidays anyone could ever imagine.  I am a 36 year old mother of three children.  I have been divorced for 4 1/2 years.  I have dated a couple of men over the years but it wasn't until September 2008 that I truly felt like I have met my soulmate.  After our first lunch date  I was a little unsure about any chemistry.  He actually had to break our second date because his little girl needed him and that was totally okay.  We ended up spending sometime together the next week and then he was gone out of town for a week and I missed him so much.  That's when I knew there was something about him that was really special.  His name is Rob and he is the man of my dreams. He introduced me and my kids to his kids on December 13th and it was like they had been together forever.  All 7 of us spent the holidays together and it was wonderful.  Our three oldest children traveled with a church group to Gatlinburg for the New Year's holiday and from all accounts it sounds like they have had a blast! Waking up everyday is exciting and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for the K-ROB family.